Parking Projects Recognized By IPI

The International Parking Institute (IPI) has recognized 12 parking facilities and operations with its 29th annual Awards of Excellence, noting common threads of innovation, efficiency, eco- and user-friendliness, cost savings and collaboration among its winners.

Award winners competition represent a variety of facility types and sizes. Award categories included: architectural achievement; best design of parking facilities with less than and more than 800 spaces; innovation in programs and operations; and rehabilitation/restoration. Winners were selected by a panel of judges representing architects, parking corporations, and city, airport, and university officials.
“Our 2011 winners serve as models for overcoming the myriad challenges facing the parking industry today, including overtaxed and outdated systems, increased use, and limited funding and resources,” said IPI Executive Director Shawn Conrad, CAE. “Whether they have rehabilitated aging facilities or addressed parking issues with innovative alternatives, these projects all have advanced the industry and improved the future of their communities.”

Winning Facility Projects

Award for Architectural AchievementAward of Excellence: Greenway Self Park, Chicago, Ill. River North Self Park, LLC, Owner
Chicago’s first and only eco-friendly parking facility, Greenway Self Park in the popular River North neighborhood is architecturally distinctive, fully automated, and designed for sustainability. Its design incorporates a water and power recycling systems, electric car plug-ins, a state-of-the-art music video floor reminder system and a future green roof. Together with custom artwork, efficient billing and valet systems, superior accessibility, marketing outreach and other enhancements, Greenway Self Park provides customers with an unparalleled parking experience. (Greenway Self Park also earned an Award of Excellence in the Best Design of a Parking Facility with Fewer than 800 Spaces Category.)Project Team: NORR Illinois, Inc. (formerly DM Design Group), Architect-of-Record; HOK, Design Architect, Walker Parking Consultants, Inc., Parking Consultant Engineer, Standard Parking Corporation, Parking Vendor

Award of Merit: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport – Rental Car Center, Atlanta, GA Dept. of Aviation, City of Atlanta, Owner (The Rental Car Center at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport also earned an Honorable Mention in the Best Design of a Parking Facility with More than 800 Spaces Category.)Project Team: Walter P Moore Associates, Parking Consultant Engineer
PGAL, Overall Project Design Architect, Architect-of-Record for the Terminal
RL Brown Associates, Inc., Architect-of-Record for the Parking Garage

Honorable Mention: Mountaineer Station, Morgantown, WV West Virginia University, Owner
Mountaineer Station, located next to West Virginia University’s Health Sciences Center campus and Ruby Memorial Hospital, serves as an excellent example of how municipalities, universities, and transit agencies can meet the challenges of increased land development on an already overtaxed parking system. The multi-modal facility features an elevator and bridge to provide direct access to the local transit agency and WVU’s rapid transit station, which serves more than 15,000 student, faculty and staff daily. Mountaineer Station’s design incorporates bus shelters, bicycle lockers and other enhancements, with the capability of vertical and horizontal future expansion. The project successfully combines form and function to provide safe and convenient parking in a beautiful campus facility. Project Team: Rich and Associates, Inc., Parking Consultant; Paradigm Architecture, Architect; West Virginia University Design Construction, Other

Best Design of a Parking Structure with 800 or More SpacesAward of Excellence: Colorado State University Lake Street Parking Garage, Fort Collins, CO, Colorado State University, Owner. (The Lake Street Parking Garage at CSU also received an Honorable Mention for this project in the Architectural Achievement Category.) Project Team: Colorado State University Parking Services, Carl Walker, Inc., Parking Consultant Engineer, H+L Architecture, Architect

Rather than demolish the 40-year-old Market Street Parking Structure, the City of York General Authority embarked on a major renovation – one that involved functional, structural and waterproofing design elements; a new building façade; and mechanical, electrical and plumbing upgrades. The $4.1 million project breathed new life into the facility, which housed 2,500 square feet of retail in addition to providing parking for 450 vehicles. In just 16 months, the team accomplished concrete repairs to shore up floor surfaces, sealing and waterproofing of all parking surfaces, operational improvements to create a more user/vehicle-friendly facility and multiple aesthetic enhancements. Modifications to the original unused plaza area along Market Street created potential office/retail space for the city.

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